Acts 7:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And [God] made with Abraham a covenant (an agreement to be religiously observed) of which circumcision was the seal. And under these circumstances [Abraham] became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac [did so] when he became the father of Jacob, and Jacob [when each of his sons was born], the twelve patriarchs. [Gen. 17:10-14; 21:2-4; 25:26; 29:31-35; 30:1-24; 35:16-26.]

American Standard Version (1901)

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

Common English Bible

God gave him the covenant confirmed through circumcision. Accordingly, eight days after Isaac’s birth, Abraham circumcised him. Isaac did the same with Jacob, and Jacob with the twelve patriarchs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he conceived Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac conceived Jacob, and Jacob, the twelve Patriarchs.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob; and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

Acts 7:8 Cross References

Genesis 29:31

And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 30:5

And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

Genesis 35:16

And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

Genesis 35:18

And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 1:34

And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau, and Israel.

Matthew 1:2

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;

John 7:22

For this cause hath Moses given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.

Acts 2:29

Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.

Romans 4:10

How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision:

Galatians 3:15

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.

Galatians 3:17

Now this I say; A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

Hebrews 7:4

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.